Hello!
I'm Kristy-Lee

I help small to medium sized businesses overcome (and avoid!) staffing stress and headaches by making sure their businesses are protected, they hire the best people and once they have them they have the tools, knowledge and resources to get the most out of them.

My mission is to help you build a business that is successful by all the measures - whilst getting your nights and weekends back!

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Great Teams Don’t Happen By Accident

With more than 20 years’ experience working alongside Australian business owners, I help you build capable teams, make confident people decisions and master the mental game of being the boss.

This is about more than HR. It’s about thinking clearly, addressing issues early and creating a team that genuinely supports the growth of your business.

This is where People Powered Businesses are built.

Small Businesses Deserve Better Support.

Back then, Kristy-Lee founded Footprint Recruitment on the NSW Central Coast, working closely with local businesses who needed practical, professional and a fresh approach to the support they were getting.

Word spread quickly, and the business grew rapidly.

Recruitment On It’s Own Isn’t Enough

By 2010, it was clear that hiring was only part of the picture. If what existed beyond that was broken or non existent, our clients would have a revolving door of people issues. Business owners didn’t just need help finding people, they needed help keeping and leading them.

On top of that knowledge, the Fair Work Act just became a reality and small to medium sized businesses were lost, confused and overwhelmed. No one was there to help them navigate these huge changes in their obligations.

Footprint HR was launched to support small businesses with outsourced HR, performance management, and people decisions that were becoming more complex as teams expanded and The Fair Work Act and Modern Awards were implemented.

The business continued to evolve:

More clients
Bigger teams
More responsibility
And the same challenges showing up again and again

By 2012, the work consolidated under The Footprint Group, bringing recruitment and HR together under one banner.

The Footprint group > People Powered business

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This period gave Kristy-Lee a front-row seat to the realities of small business leadership. Across hundreds (or thousands) of businesses, one thing became obvious:

The biggest problems weren’t policies, awards, or compliance.

They were confidence, clarity, and decision-making.

Business owners were:

avoiding difficult conversations
second-guessing people decisions
carrying the emotional load of their team
and quietly wondering if it was meant to feel this hard

But there was only so many businesses we could help with the current business model.

By the time 2019 arrived, the model needed to change, and so did the delivery.

A National Shift, Clearer Focus

In 2020, The Footprint Group moved fully online, allowing support to extend across Australia. At the same time, The People Powered Business Podcast was launched, creating a new way to speak directly to business owners about leadership, people, and the mental load of being the boss.

Soon after, People Powered HR was created as Australia’s first online HR subscription designed specifically for small businesses.

Where We Are Today

Today, People Powered Business exists to support business owners who want better teams, clearer leadership and a business that doesn’t rely on them for everything

The focus is no longer on “doing HR to businesses”. It’s about helping business owners think more clearly, lead confidently and build teams that support growth, not stall it

That’s why our work now centres around:

People Powered HR: structured, practical HR support
Power Boss: private mentoring for business owners who want a trusted thinking partner

Different levels of support.
One clear purpose.

Why “People Powered Business”?

Because businesses don’t grow through systems alone.
They grow through people, including the person at the top.

Are you ready to have a People Powered Business?

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Hello!I'm Kristy-Lee